SC Ready Information

What is SC Ready?

Overview (This information was found on the SC Department of Education Website)

• The South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessment (SC READY) is a statewide assessment in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.

• All students in grades 3–8, including students with disabilities and English learners (ELs), must be administered SC READY, except those students who qualify for the alternate test, as determined by their IEP team.

• The SC READY tests measure the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Standards taught in ELA and Math classes.

What is the Read to Succeed Act?

Overview (This information was found on the SC Department of Education Website)

• Grade 3 and The South Carolina Read to Succeed Act: The South Carolina Read to Succeed Act states that a student must be retained in third grade if the student fails to demonstrate reading proficiency at the end of third grade. The law specifies six good cause exemptions from mandatory retention; one of these exemptions is student attendance at a Summer Reading Camp.

• SC READY reading scores will be used to identify students who do not demonstrate proficiency in grade 3 reading and are candidates to attend Summer Reading Camp (one of the six “good cause” exemptions). For more information on the Read to Succeed Act, parents should contact their school, or visit the SC READY webpage here